The following list contains books that I am using for research for a graduate class on "the gendered brain".


Boys and Girls Learn Differently! A Guide for Teachers and Parents (Michael Gurian)
Gurian, M. (2001). Boys and girls learn differently! a guide for teachers and parents. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week - Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life (Ana Homayoun)
Homayoun, A. (2010). That crumpled paper was due last week - helping disorganized and distracted boys succeed in school and life. New York, NY: Penguin Group.

Pink Brain, Blue Brain (Lise Eliot, Ph.D.)
Eliot, Lise. (2009). Pink brain, blue brain: how small differences grow into troublesome gaps - and what we can do about it. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

Teaching the Male Brain - How Boys Think, Feel, and Learn in School (Abigail Norfleet James)
Norfleet James, A. (2007). Teaching the male brain - how boys think, feel, and learn in school. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Boys Adrift - The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph. D.)
Sax, L. (2007). Boys adrift - the five factors driving the growing epidemic of unmotivated boys and underachieving young men. New York, NY: Basic Books.

The Trouble with Boys: A Surprising Report Card on Our Sons, Their Problems at School, and What Parents and Educators Must Do (Peg Tyre)
Tyre, P. (2008). The trouble with boys: a surprising report card on our sons, their problems at school, and what parents and educators must do. New York, NY: Crown Publishers.

The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and LIfe (Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens)
Gurian, M, & Stevens, K. (2007). The minds of boys: saving our sons from falling behind in school and life. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences (Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D.)
Sax, L. (2005). Why gender matters: what parents and teachers need to know about the emerging science of sex differences. New York, NY: Doubleday.

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